Improvement in the mode of attaching boot and shoe heels



` Illinois, hat'femade certain new and useful Imto be a full, clear, andexact description of the in dies. By constructing the rim and its partsUNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN GIBOUX, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MODE 0F ATTACHING BOOT AND SHOE HEELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. l 10,03 0, datedDecember 13, 1870.

To all whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN GIROUX, of Chicago, in the county of .Cookand State of provements in Boot and Shoe Heel Attachments, and I dohereby declare the following same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure l is abottom plan view of a boot or shoe heel, showing myimproved attachment; and Fig. l2-is a vertical longitudinal section ofthe same.

Similar lletters of reference in the drawings indicate correspondingparts.

My invention has for its object to prevent the unequal .wear of boot andshoe heels; and to this end it consists in a reversible skeleton plateof metal pivoted to the center of the heel,

In the accompanying drawings, A is the heel of a boot or shoeconstructed in the usual manner.

B is a metal rim, corresponding in form to the shape of the heel, andsecured to a central boss, C, by means of the braces D, as shown. Theplate-braces and boss are all formed in one piece, and may be eithercast or struck up in skeleton form sufficient strength is afforded forall purposes without an unnecessary weight of metal.

E is anangular plate let into the center Vof l the heel and securedfirmly in place by means of screws. To the center of this plate the rimis attached by means of a pivot, F, passing through theboss and` throughsaid plate, as shown. The pivot is headed upon the under side of theplate to prevent its being pulled out or becoming detached. By thisconnection the rim is adapted to be iitted accurately to the heel, andis secured in the required position by means of the screws g. I preferto construct one or more of these screws with a pointed head to performthe additional office of a Creeper to be used upon ice or snow. The rimmay be corrugated, if desired, or flanged, and filled with rubberbetween the flanges. By centering ther rim at the plate E the former isheld securely in place, and cannot be kicked or torn off, as would bethe case if the rim` alonewere screwed to the heel. When the rim becomesworn upon one side, itcan easily be changed to the other boot or shoeheel, and thereby caused to wear evenly.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The central plate, E, in combination with the central boss, C, braces D,metallic rim B, and the fasteningscrewsg, substantially as described,for the purpose specified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 4th day ofSeptember, 1870.

BENJAMIN GIROUX.

` Witnesses:

G. H. FROST,

E. A. ELLsWoR'rH.

